Thursday, August 19, 2010

Rich, Thin and Pretty by Beth Harbison

This was a good book. The title is a description of three girls/women - Lexi, Nicola and Holly. They first knew each other at a camp when they were teenage girls - and you know how they act! Cliques, meanness, insecurities and secrets. Nicola and Holly were the recipients of the meanness and so they clung together. They didn't know that rich-girl Lexi was just as miserable as they were but for different reasons. Nicola and Holly planned some revenge on Lexi to get even.
Twenty years later Nicola and Holly are still best of friends. Nicola lives in Hollywood where she had a smash movie. Now she is waiting for some more success. Convinced that it is because of her looks, she has some plastic surgery done. Holly is still fighting the demons of weight. This time she might win because she is highly motivated. Her boyfriend has said that they will get engaged when she has lost twenty pounds. Lexi has lived a very spoiled life. Her "job" is shopping. She has lived at home with her very rich father and her not-so-nice stepmother. But when her dad dies she finds herself out on the streets and looking for a way to support herself. She and Holly run into each other. Holly becomes overwhelmed with the guilt of what she and Nicola did to Lexi all the years ago and talks Nicola into trying to right that wrong.
This isn't a particularly deep book but it was entertaining and perfect for spending a lazy day in an air-conditioned house while avoiding the heat outside!

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